Director Bryan Singer has announced, via his personal Instagram, that Kodi Smit-McPhee will play the younger version of fan-favorite teleporting mutant Kurt Wagner, a.k.a. Nightcrawler in next year’s ‘X-Men: Apocalypse.’

Nightcrawler, played by Alan Cumming, was first introduced in X2: X-Men United, but never wound up playing the role again in the X-Men films.

Smit-McPhee got his first break starring alongside Viggo Mortensen in ‘The Road.’He is also known for his roles in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Paranorman, Romeo & Juliet, and Let Me In.

Kodi Smit-McPhee joins Sophie Turner, Alexandra Shipp, and Tye Sheridan, who were announced earlier this year as young versions of Jean Grey, Storm, and Cyclops.